Category: CDVs

Full Name:: Andrew H. Foote (1806-1863)

Rank: Rear Admiral

Description/History:

• Commander, 1852.
• New York Navy Yard, early 1861.
• Commanded USS Lexington, November 1861.
• Commanded USS Cincinnati, February 1862.
• Commanded USS St. Louis, February 1862.
• Wounded in left foot, battle of Fort Donelson,
  TN., Feb. 14, 1862.
• Commanded USS Benton, March 1862.
• Thanks of Congress for the decisive victories
  at Fort Henry and Donelson, February 1862.
• Rear Admiral, July, 1862.
• Died from complications from the wound and
  Bright’s disease, June 26, 1863.
  

BM: Brady, New York

Condition: Light soiling, else very good